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vLetters Patent No. 80,091, dated July 21, 1868A.

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T ALL WHOM IT M AY 'CONCERNE p Be itknown that I, B. REPILOGLE, of l\Iartinsburg,.,in the county of Blair, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain neivhnd useful Improvements in Bee-Hives and I do herebydeclare that the following is a. full, clear, -and exact ldescription thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of 'this speciiication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicatng'like parts wherever they occur. I y l To enable others skilled in the u rt to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it. Y

v My invention relates to the construction ofbee'hives, and consists in constructing'the Yhiveand comb-frames i in such a form that thelhive'can be used withits :sides up,at different seasons of theyear, whereby it is rendered. better adapted to the purposes for which hives are used, than those constructed on the ordinaryplan.

Figure `1 is a vertical section, representing the hive in position, as used in winter. K w

Figure 2 is a vertical section of thehive in a. different position, for use in summer, with' the honeytbxes in place. p Y

In constructingbee-hives, it is customary-to make them, rectangular in form, :1ndy so vconstructed'that they must always be used in the same position, that isto say, with the same side er enda-lways uppermost.,`

' One 'great objection' to hives made linrthis way, is, 'that if mado-suliic'ientlyj large vto accommodate the bees Ain summer, the bees are apt to die from cold in the winter, for the reason that, when they .have consumedl the 4honey inthe lower portion of the combs, they are obliged to spread themselves ov-er too great aspacc in their 'efforts toreach the remaining honey, and by being thus separated, the animal heat generated by themis more f dissipated, and consequently the lbees die for lack of the necessary warmth to support life-and'keep them active.

.Tobbviate these difficulties, and produce ahive better ddapted to -therequireuients of successful beeculture,

lI construct my improved hive triangular inform, as represented iniig. 1, A and El being two of the sides .united firmly at a right, angle, andD being the removable side or top, usually denominated the honey-board; The basef v I or side, A, is made to project a short. distance beyond the pointwhereY it isunted to the side E to form a. lightinghoardfor the becs, and at'tbepoint of union, one' or more holes, e, are made at the base ot' E, forthe passageof thevbees, as shown in' figs. 1 andffl.V v

` Within the'hve thus formed I' locate a series` of" movable comb-frames,.=B, consist'ingof threebars, 'unitedl 4sons to form a rightfa'ngle triangle corresponding inform with Vinterorot' the hi ve,`as shown in the drelwings(V 'These frames arc so constructed that when inseted'within the hive, they rest upon the si'desHA and4 LEE-"at the` extreme ends of the longer bar only,I and so as to leave a spacenll around between them andthe walls of the 'hiv`el, suiciently large to permit the bees to pass without diiiculty.- p l l In making th frames, I form the burs as represented in section in g. 3, the inside-edge forming a. salient 'angle,'f, to serve as a gnideto direct the'bces in building theirjcomb, and thus insure theirbcing built straight. Isometimes make the frames witha. cross-bar, n, as Arepresented in blue lines, which serves fonct still further as a guide, and also assists to hold the comb more securely in place. l I l i" In using my hive, I proceed as follows: When the bees are first put intoit, I -plaee as represented in gzl, andas the'bees always commence to build their combv from the upper point of thel frame, they will, in this case, commence in the upper angle'or corner, where the space between the bars is harrow,`and as'theyv build, thecomb will be attached lto the bars on each side, and will thereby be much more certainly built straight than when built from a. long horizontal bar only; as in the ordinary hive. i

' liter the comblhas been built, and the season for storing surplus honey has,- arrived, or even-previous te vthis time, the hive maybe turnedpwith its longer side, D,kuppermost, and suspendedY in bars'G, as shown in `iig. 2,xvhen the honey-boxes H areplaced thereon, to receive the surplus honey in thensual manner.

A Afterl the honey-season is over, and the bees have eaten: the honey out ofthe centre of the frames, the hive may `then-be turnedup, as shown in iig. 1, whereby the bees.will be4 concentrated in the upper and narrower portion or angle of the hive, where their warmth will be bettergfutlli'zcd; and, necessary, itmayV be turned, e

with the side E down, and thus bring the other Acorner uppermost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

1. Abee-hive, oonsisting of a. triangular box, structed substantially as d escribed.

' 2'. In combination lvith the above-described hive,

I claim the triangular comb-fran1e B, made of bars having their inner edges bevelled from each side Vto the centr e, as shown in fig. 3.

Witnesses: N. CAMPBELL,

F. KLEPSER.

S. B. REPLOGLE.

having v,one'side removable at pleasure, and otherwise con- 

